In 2015, the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) approved a US$4.95 million grant to increase access to grid-based electricity services for 22,000 low-income households and 5,000 micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in urban and peri-urban areas through use of targeted subsidies, with the aim of reaching low-income communities who would otherwise have gone unserved.

Washington, August 7, 2014 – The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has received a supplemental contribution of US$5.8 million (SEK 38,500,000) from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to extend electricity access to approximately 22,000 low-income households and 5,000 micro and small en